TIM GUNN

TIM GUNN

On Project Runway, Tim Gunn is every designer's dream mentor—dapper and discerning, truthful yet tactful, and completely sincere in his hope that eventually you'll make it work. Now in its 10th season, the reality- TV series has transformed this former head of fashion design at Parsons into a household name. Gunn's penthouse duplex apartment on New York's Upper West Side is where he loves to retreat—and decorate. "I am a nester," says Gunn, whose third book, Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible (Gallery Books), has just been published. "I'm 59, and I still enjoy moving the furniture around." A special collector's-edition Tim Gunn Barbie doll—complete with a mix-and-match wardrobe— has also just launched. With luck, a Gunn-designed Barbie Dreamhouse will soon follow.